Circa 1900
Height 13 3/4" Diameter 14"
Provenance: Bonham's San Francisco, Lot 4018 Dec 4, 2006 Price Realized 71,250
Jack Silverman, Santa Fe NM
Silverman Museum, Santa Fe NM
Harley Clarke, Lake Geneva WI
A extremely rare four-color example, with pronounced rounded shoulder and tall tapering neck, painted with large heartline stag pictorials, alternating with floral devices of hachured leaves and berries, thin framing bands above and below.
See Frank and Harlow, Fig. 131, for A Polychrome Olla with Large Heartline Stag Pictorials, Acoma, circa 1890, in the collection of the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico (#12068/12).
"The use of large-scale zoomorphic pictorials in historic Pueblo pottery is rare. The majority of heartline deer and stag pictorials seen in Pueblo pottery appear in ollas from Zuni Pueblo. The appearance of heartline stag pictorials in an Acoma olla is unusual, and makes this olla an important cross-cultural example of nineteenth century Pueblo polychrome pottery." -J.S.
“The animal depiction (likely a deer or elk) is in a style borrowed from Zuni Pueblo, to the west of Acoma, where this decorative element originated at least half a century earlier. Especially characteristic of the Zuni style are the treatment of the feet, the antlers, and the open pathway from mouth to heart. The cross-hatchured structure of the plant leaves us a feature that suggests manufacture of this jar a few years later than the jar in Fig. 2 (Pueblo Treasure). An unusual feature for animal depiction on Pueblo Indian pottery is the indication of activity, expressed by eating the flower petal. The form of this jar is especially elegant, with its sharp shoulder and graceful neck.” -F.H.H.
Published and Exhibited: Pueblo Treasure From the Silverman Museum - Western History and Genealogy; The Denver Public Library; 2005, Item 1
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Circa 1900
Height 13 3/4" Diameter 14"
Provenance: Bonham's San Francisco, Lot 4018 Dec 4, 2006 Price Realized 71,250
Jack Silverman, Santa Fe NM
Silverman Museum, Santa Fe NM
Harley Clarke, Lake Geneva WI
A extremely rare four-color example, with pronounced rounded shoulder and tall tapering neck, painted with large heartline stag pictorials, alternating with floral devices of hachured leaves and berries, thin framing bands above and below.
See Frank and Harlow, Fig. 131, for A Polychrome Olla with Large Heartline Stag Pictorials, Acoma, circa 1890, in the collection of the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico (#12068/12).
"The use of large-scale zoomorphic pictorials in historic Pueblo pottery is rare. The majority of heartline deer and stag pictorials seen in Pueblo pottery appear in ollas from Zuni Pueblo. The appearance of heartline stag pictorials in an Acoma olla is unusual, and makes this olla an important cross-cultural example of nineteenth century Pueblo polychrome pottery." -J.S.
“The animal depiction (likely a deer or elk) is in a style borrowed from Zuni Pueblo, to the west of Acoma, where this decorative element originated at least half a century earlier. Especially characteristic of the Zuni style are the treatment of the feet, the antlers, and the open pathway from mouth to heart. The cross-hatchured structure of the plant leaves us a feature that suggests manufacture of this jar a few years later than the jar in Fig. 2 (Pueblo Treasure). An unusual feature for animal depiction on Pueblo Indian pottery is the indication of activity, expressed by eating the flower petal. The form of this jar is especially elegant, with its sharp shoulder and graceful neck.” -F.H.H.
Published and Exhibited: Pueblo Treasure From the Silverman Museum - Western History and Genealogy; The Denver Public Library; 2005, Item 1
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